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US President Obama hosts an opening dinner for G8 leaders, discussing North Korea, Syria and Iran, with the eurozone crisis likely to top Saturday's agenda.

Facebook shares end a volatile first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing, having initially jumped more than 10%.

California's SpaceX company is preparing to launch to the space station - the first resupply mission to the orbiting outpost by a private company.

Sri Lanka marks three years since the end of its civil war with a military parade, as critics say more should be done to remember civilian deaths.

US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives.

Inmates who took control of a jail in Honduras on Wednesday agree to surrender after clashes that killed one prisoner and injured another 11.

Syrian activists report thousands at protests in the city of Aleppo, which has so far largely stayed loyal to the president since the uprising began.

Spanish energy giant Repsol cancels a contract to provide gas to Argentina, in a continuing row after Buenos Aries nationalised one of its subsidiaries.

The UN Security Council imposes a travel ban on five leaders of the recent military coup in Guinea-Bissau, and demands a return to democracy.

The highest court in Maryland allows gay couples to divorce, even though same-sex marriage is not yet allowed in that US state.

David Beckham lights a cauldron in Cornwall after the flame touches down, ready for the start of the London 2012 torch relay.

Burlesque star Dita Von Teese talks to Matthew Stadlen about why she does what she does, the art of striptease, her personal style and fitness regimes and why she is not anti-feminist.

Royals from around the world have gathered in Britain to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Two weeks ago four students were killed when government troops stormed the campus of Aleppo University, sparking wider demonstrations in Syria's main commercial centre, which had been relatively quiet.

France has confirmed it plans to withdraw its combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, two years ahead of the agreed Nato schedule.